Keeping the kitchen clean and tidy is not always the easiest thing on a busy agenda. How tedious is that need to keep wiping everything down after cooking dinner – I notice that when I stay with my inlaws, they work very much as a […]
Country living is very much the way of newly ‘arrived’ families to make it kown they are success and have thus arrived. so they can show off their new country decor and furnishing. . . Being seen out with the Barbour coat & boots. For […]
It’s wonderful at this time of year to be going out and about with friends and relatives to tea shops and garden centres. I love seeing folk having a jolly good time all laughing and chatting together whilst they lunch and shop. The garden centres […]
This is the time of year when we see posters and flyers advetising the huge County shows. The Farmers and countryside attractions are gearing up for their Open Farm days and everyone hopes desperately for hot dry weather! The farming and country pursuits contingent are […]
I’ve just got back from a short tour of family who live in Texas. They’re near enough to each other to make one trip so very worthwhile. We did all the things families do when they’ve lived apart for years – toured the out of […]
Ah, we’re on our way to a nice bright summer season. So we need it more than ever now. The winter was a bit odd – lots and lots of unbelievable windy days – tremendous gusts for hours at a time then it would quell […]
Ahh the delights of a bright sunny spring day – what more could anyone wish for after the grimness of a very wet and extremely blustery January, February and March?! The phrase March Winds Blow seems strangely out of date now. We seem to have […]
When I’m in the midst of a good spring clean, I tend to get carried away with other little side issues. I come down in the morning, intent on doing out the bottom cupboards in the kitchen – all goes well at first, then something […]
That rather wonderful time of year approaches – Easter is cometh. The birds are certainly in good form already – pecking away at any tiny little bit of nesting material they see floating about. I have made a point of leaving the weeds and softer […]
You know when christmas is approaching – from the middle of August we get nothing but adverts in the stores and on tv. The power of advertising is quite something and it influences every decision we make. I do try to resist this for as […]
